Brazilian Cattle, Buffalo Herds to Be Vaccinated Against FMDCattle and buffalo breeders are expected to vaccinate approximately 87 million animals during the new stage of foot-and-mouth (FMD) vaccination, which began in most of the country November 1. Currently the total herd of the country is 216 million heads....

New Dairy Breeding Method Increases Genetic Selection EfficiencyBrazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy cattle breeding method that adds a new parameter to genetic selection...

11 June 2019

Brazil Reports Rise in May Beef ExportsBRAZIL - Brazilian beef exports rose 35 percent in May, and 18 percent from January to May, compared to the same month last year, according to the Brazilian Meat Packers Association (Abrafrigo)....

Brazil develops first genomic assessment system for dairy cattleBRAZIL - The first Brazilian genomic assessment product for dairy herds whose aim is to select genetically superior animals is available to dairy farmers. The service is named Clarifide Girolando and is aimed at such cattle breed, which results from crossing...

JBS Organises Animal Welfare Initiative with Cattle BreedersBRAZIL - JBS has developed a project focusing on partner livestock breeders which involves distributing kits with handling flags, a poster and a booklet illustrated with guidelines to help day-to-day farm work that involves cattle. Twenty thousand units...

Brazilian Beef Exports to Mena up 38% in Q1/2018BRAZIL - Beef exports from Brazil to Arab countries saw a 38 per cent increase in terms of value and a 59 per cent increase in volume during the first quarter of the year (Q1), said the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).
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16 November 2017

How to Keep Cows HappyBRAZIL - Corrals are used on livestock farms around the world to round up the animals when they need to be weighed or vaccinated. New research now shows that removing splashes of colors, shadows or water puddles from corrals, keeping noise levels down...

Mechanism Impairing Production of Bovine Embryos RevealedBRAZIL - A longstanding obstacle to the market for bovine embryos is about to be removed. Researchers have described a hitherto unknown mechanism of lipid accumulation in oocytes that limits the success of in vitro production of bovine embryos....

18 August 2017

Molecule Increases Pregnancy Rate, Number of Offspring in CattleBRAZIL - Researchers at Inprenha Biotecnologia, a company based in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil, working in partnership with colleagues at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCFRP-USP), have discovered...

21 March 2017

China, EU Cut Imports of Brazil Meat Amid ScandalBRAZIL - China and the European Union curtailed meat imports from Brazil on Monday after police, in an anti-corruption probe criticized by the government as alarmist, accused inspectors in the world's biggest exporter of beef and poultry of taking bribes...

Brazilian Beef Exports Continue to GrowBRAZIL - The Brazilian beef industry ended the month of October with more than US$ 449 million in exports, according to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters (Abiec)....

11 October 2016

Brazilian Beef Exports ClimbingBRAZIL - Brazil's fresh beef exports are performing well in Egypt, as the country purchased almost 19,000 tons from Brazil in September and ranked ahead of China....

Brazil's Beef Sector Continues to GrowBRAZIL - The livestock production chain generated BRL 483.5 billion (USD 148.47 billion) last year, according to an annual report by the Association of Brazilian Beef Exporters (Abiec)....

12 August 2016

Brazil's Beef Exports to Arab Countries RisingBRAZIL - Brazilian beef exports to the Arab countries totalled USD 96.73 million in July, an increase of 13.77 per cent over the same month of last year, according to data from the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) compiled by the...

27 July 2016

Brazil Aims for Fresh Beef Exports to USBRAZIL - Brazil's minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Blairo Maggi, is in the US on a trade mission to enable greater beef trade between the two countries....